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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Well, if it’s a teaching problem why bother trying to address diversity?  Just get rid of the bad teachers who are the reason for low scores.[/quote]  They don't even care to find the reason for low scores at some elementary schools with high FARMs vs. others. If Hoffman-Boston can have high scores, there's no excuse for Barcroft to have low ones.  But the people gunning for this gerrymandering don't want to bother to try to help those kids and raise their scores.  They just want more rich kids to be bussed in.  It completely throws away the educations of those low scorers and fails to address anything for them.  Instead of funding legal defense funds for illegal aliens, Arlington could use those $$$ for guaranteed preschool, language enrichment, etc., for those underperforming schools.  But no.  No one actually cares to address the issues.[/quote]

Hoffman Boston has a really high rate at 56%

But Barcroft and Randolph at both over 75%
That’s a really big difference and aren’t comparable schoools.

Now... Carlin Springs ... 81% now that is a school to look at. 
They rate 6 on GS. Compare that to 3’s at Barcroft and Randolph. 
So what’s with that? 
Well, as I understand those kids are doing a 6 day school week and staying after ever day. It mean the parents aren’t having to find as much child care and kids are fed at school. Not to mention the additional classroom time. It’s been a pilot program that is obviously successful. 
But what is the cost of faculty overtime? Can Arlington afford that in every school? My guess is yes, but it means money isn’t spent elsewhere. No political will.
Much cheaper to bus a few more kids from a wealthier part of town to balance demographics. 
All of you decry the cost of busing aren’t seeing the big picture. [/quote]

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